Ararahih'urípih
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máan skin; bark (of a tree)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4148 | revised Jun 30 2005

máan • N • skin; bark (of a tree)

Derivatives (4)
amvámaan "salmon skin"
fathípmaan "manzanita bark"
ishxikiharámaan "sturgeon skin"
yúfmaan "split-open salmon head"

Source: WB 967, p.366; JPH mat 15:781

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  1. pamúmaan
    Bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. máan
    skin; bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. múmaan
    its skin, its bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. umáanhitih.
    It has skin. ; It has bark.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. xás pookyívish vúra ípi kích káru pamúmaan.
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. patá kuníthviish kári xás vúra athkúrikar patá kuníshfir pamúmaan.
    When they brought it in, (the bear) was fat when they skinned its hide.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  7. xás tá kuniyvaxávax, xás pámaan tá kunívyiihshur.
    Then they rubbed them, and the skins came off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  8. payáfus uum vúra yítha vúra pufíchmaan.
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text